urban areas is having a significant impact on the quantity and quality of water available as inputs into the production and … consumption process, as well as the ability of the water system to absorb and neutralize the waste byproducts deposited into it …. Water shortages are most severe in the north of the country, where surface water diversion is excessive and groundwater is …

"The pressure on an already stressed water situation in South Africa is predicted to increase significantly under … to water to millions of previously excluded people. The present study employed a general equilibrium approach to examine … the economy-wide impacts of selected macro and water related policy reforms on water use and allocation, rural livelihoods …

is estimated to reach 20 million. This massive human occupation was accompanied by the large-scale construction of water …, the Alto-Tiete basin is served by a complex hydraulic and hydrological system. Despite this extensive water infrastructure …, the water availability of the region is still very low (201 m3-hab-an) and even lower than the semiarid regions of the …

"The authors describe and analyze water resources reform and decentralization of river basin management in the state of … along the coast. Rivers in the basin are ephemeral and only flow during the rainy season. The key water management challenge … is to capture the water in reservoirs in rainy years and to manage it such that it will last for several years, in case …

"Decentralization and increased stakeholder involvement have been major elements of water sector reform as ways to … water scarcity may be a stimulus to reform, uniting the stakeholders in the basin and leading to better performance …

half the nation's population and the metropolitan area of San José, the nation's capital and largest city. Water management … issues include severe water pollution resulting from sewage, industrial waste discharges, agricultural runoff, and … basin's water problems continue largely unabated. The Tárcoles case is instructive about both the possibilities and the …

management to operate and maintain existing infrastructure, plan and implement the allocation of water, and address problems that … affect basin-level water resources. The Brantas River basin is located within the province of East Java in Indonesia. It has …, flood warning, flood management, and so on). The institutional arrangement for water resources management in the Brantas …

"The authors focus on policy interventions for improving irrigation water allocation decisions by including both macro … that affect the water sector. Both direct and indirect effects of these interventions are identified. The top-down (macro …-to-micro) links are of a trade reform type. The bottom-up (micro-to-macro) links pertain to changes in farm water assignments and the …